Protesters marching to the Ekurhuleni Municipal offices in Germiston.
This year seems to be the year
of service delivery protests
with the number of protests in
2012 already outstanding the
total for 2011. Vutha news’s
journalist has covered yet
again protests actions happening at Zenzele. Since last
year complaints do not only
seem to occur more often, but
also seem to be getting increasingly violent. Last week
in Zenzele furious protesters
(young and old) burnt down
tyres and put stones on the
streets in protest against service delivery problems. They
later marched to the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipal

offices in Germiston to submit their memorandum to the
MMC of Energy. This resulted after they were promised
80% of most work being done
by the MMC of Energy Aubrey Nxumalo and the Ward
Clr, Rita Dladla last year September and till this day most
of them are still using paraffin
stoves. To mention just a few
of the matters raised amongst
others were fixing of roads,
the connecting of electricity in their area, building of
a Library, schools and clinic
in the section. Corruption allegations were made towards
the Ward Clr, Rita Dladla.

Protestors allege that she
sells RDP houses in the area.
The Mayoral Spokesperson,
Zweli Dlamini said they will
look at the memorandum and
take it through to the petitions
department. He assured that
this will be done within 48
hours. “We will get back to
the residents within their required time. In terms of corruption, people must come
forth with visible evidence.
Or rather if one has a valid
evidence, they must not waist
time, they can go straight to
the police to report the matter.”
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HELP
POLICE FIND
THIS MAN !

MAN ARRESTED
FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER AND
POSSESSION OF
UNLICENSED
FIREARM

FATHER RAPES
HIS OWN
DAUGHTER
A 48 -year-old man will soon
appear before the Benoni
Magistrates Court on charges
of Rape. It is alleged that the
suspect had repeatedly raped
his 16 year old daughter for
the Past six months. The child
couldn’t handle the pressure
of silence until she went to
the doctor for help. Several
tests were run including the
pregnancy test on her and it
was established that the girl

is five months pregnant. She
alleged that the only person
who had slept with her is her
biological father. The suspect,
who didn’t say a word when
Etwatwa Police arrested him
on Saturday night, is set to
appear before Benoni Magistrate’s Court on Charges of
Rape. Child is now taken for
counselling and she is being
placed in a safe custody until the rape case is finalised.

Most wanted gang
member
SCORPION

From Left : Constable Mapule Morema and Constable Eva
Matloga
Etwatwa POLICE are looking
for this man (pictured above).
This pursued after several
women opening a case of
theft under false pretence. It
is alleged that this man on the
picture is exchanging jewellery with bags. “He took
several wedding rings from
Etwatwa women each worth
R8000 (eight thousand Rand)
and disappeared,” said the Etwatwa Police Constable Timothy Masilela. The Incident
happened on Friday the 13th
of July 2012 midmorning
at eMaphupheni, Etwatwa.

“Please be aware of him. He
goes around carrying a hand
held diverse to weigh the ring
and tells people that the ring
could sell over R10 000,”
said Masilela. The police are
advising the people not to
give strangers their valuable
items. A Case of Theft under
false pretences was opened
against him. Anyone with information that can lead to the
arrest of the suspect is urged
to call the nearest Police Station or Call an Investigating
Officer Warrant Officer Peter Mathebula 073 231 5017.

Etwatwa Police have arrested
a suspect (aged 31) on cases
of attempted murder and being in possession of unlicensed firearm. It is alleged
that the suspect had a intense
argument Last Saturday night
with three of his friends. He
couldn’t handle the pressure
of being insulted in front
of his girlfriend. He pulled
the firearm and fired several
rounds. Three victims are being admitted in hospital after
suffered a gunshots. Police
were summoned on the scene
but they had already found

BUSSINESS
ROBBERS
AT THE
JAZZ
CLUB

A chill cold Sunday night
with jazz music at Marie’s
place Motanyana Street in
Daveyton ended badly, four
suspects came in with fire
arms and knifes and demanded car keys, Cellphone. Captain Alfred Nakana reported
“no one was arrested two suspect were carrying knifes and
others were carrying fire arm
with their faces painted black.
They first shot fire and demanded everyone to lie down
but no one was injured , They
fled away with an undisclosed
amount of cash, cell phones,
sound system, and alcohol
including a blue polo VW
registration no: TT8726GP.

By: Xoliswa Mbata
A home of safety situated at
Mina Nawe Section in Daveyton accommodates sixty
young children and twenty
children residents are permanently staying in the home.
Mrs Belina Tshabalala the
founder and manager of this
safety home were pleased
with the surprise visit made
by the Daveyton SAPS and
Ithemba crew members. They
came with gifts and brought
love to the children at home.
This was part of the Daveyton Saps members pledging
their 67 minutes. They donated clothes and toys to the

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the suspect ran away just after
the scene. The police continued with their investigation
which led them to a house
in Barcelona informal settlement where they found the
suspect. “We have arrested
the suspect, in his possession found the firearm which
presumably was used in an
attempted murder,” said the
Police Constable Timothy
Masilela. The Suspect will
appear before the Benoni
Magistrate Court on Charges
of Attempted Murder and
Possession of Firearm.

By: Xoliswa Mbata
Wrong-turn gang members
have been out on parole are
doing it again, terrorising the

BANDANISILE HOME OF SAFETY
CHILDREN RECEIVE LOVE

children at Bandanisile home
of safety. Constable Connie Moalusi said their duty

as SAPS is to keep the com
munity safe and protected.
“It is God’s will to give love

community at Chris Hani and
Mkhalazenke section in Daveyton. Three gang members
are behind bars in connection
with various cases robberies, rape etc, Daveyton saps
are looking for one notorious gang member known as
Scorpion in connection with
same cases. Captain Alfred
Nakana said “we as police
we will make sure that community member will never
be terrorised by gangsters’
again in our townships, the
main man gangster Scorpion is there most notorious
man who is out the killing
people . SAPS are pleading
to the community to come
forward with the information
of this terrorist. The police
are looking for him. Please
report when you see him to
your nearest police station.
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u n c o n d i t i o n a l l y. C o m i n g
here today is showing our
love to these children and to
pledge our 67 minutes. It is
not a mistake but it is that we
are here.” Mama Lisa from
Ithemba crew said, “We are
so blessed to be here and give
love to our young children on
this special day at Bandanisile
home.” She thanked Mama
Belina for allowing them to
pledge their 67 minutes and
for opening her arms and
heart to the young future leaders. Mama Belina thanked everyone Daveyton SAPS and
Ithemba Crew for coming and
for bringing forth the gifts.

Friday 27 JULY 2012
Legal Wise in Benoni has
helped improve the lives of
these children by donating
blankets in this cold season.
These kids are part of the Resegofaditswe after Care for
kids attending at Kgalema
and Madingoane Intermediate Schools in Daveyton. The
Centre was started in 2009 but
fully operated in 2012. “This
centre caters for offender
Vulnerable Children (OVC)
in the school,” said the school
teacher Mr Malebane Kwena
who is also the deputy chairperson of directors for the
centre. One of the Care givers in the Centre,Penny Grace
Natis, said before admitting
these children in to the centre, they first do the Home
visits to make sure these kids
are needy. “We check if their
parents are still alive and
their home conditions. If we
see that really these kids have
no one to help them, we refer
them to our Child and youth
worker who will also take

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LEGAL WISE HELPING KIDS
STAY WARM

every week days from 14H30
to 15H30. They have Arts and
Culture and Sports activities.
Anyone who wants to offer their helping hand to this
Centre can contact Mr Malebane Kwena on 083 361 1519.

No drop in
taxi prices

Resegofaditswe After Care children after receiving their blankets.
them to the Social Development for further assistance.”
The Centre has many needs
and is asking for more donations. “We are appealing
to other businesses to play a

FUN FOR KIDS
ON SCHOOL
HOLIDAYS

conscious role in the centre.
We need electric appliances
like stoves, Fridges and food
supply to sustain this centre. Kwena thanks the Legal
Wise on behalf of the Centre

for donating blankets to the
centre. He also thanks Pick’n
Pay in Daveyton Mall and
the Emlangeni at Majuteng
for their helping hand in the
centre. The Centre is open

A drop in petrol price does
not permit a decrease in taxi
fares, the Benoni Taxi Association (BTA) Public Relations Officer Mr D.M Rambau told Vutha News. “If
we were based on petrol and
we look at the history, we’d
be charging customers a lot
of money by now,” he said.
“The bottom line is that we
have never been pushed by
the petrol price to increase
the taxi fare.” Rambau told
Vutha news that they look at
things like tyres, car services,
spares and consults with the

TRAFFIC JAM
DURING RUSH
HOUR

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SANCO members before a
decision of increasing the
prices is made. “Plus again we
take long before we increase
our prices.” He said the BTA
takes about two years before
increasing their prices. He
said the petrol prices decrease
does not warrant in anyway
a decrease from the taxis.
“Some taxi owners pay close
to R11 000 a month on their
quantum taxis, they also pay
their drivers on a weekly basis and the money they make
is really not enough to cover
all these things,” Said Rambau. “Daveyton and Etwatwa taxis are still at low cost
compared to other places,”
he said. “We will not be able
to decrease (the taxi fare) but
we will continue to meet our
customers halfway,” Rambau concluded. Dineo molefe
travels by taxi from Daveyton
to Benoni everyday. She told
Vutha news that the decrease
of petrol price means nothing.
“I don’t see any need of people complaining and wanting
the decrease in taxi price. If
people are complaining then
they should buy their own
cars and stop troubling our
taxi drivers. I don’t have any
problem of paying R10 single
trip to town. That’s nothing compared to other taxi
associations prices.” Martha Masemola on the other
side thinks taxi price should
decresase. “Pretoria taxis
have gone down, I think we
should also have R0,50 cut
from the money we are paying now. I also want to benefit from the petrol cut price.”
RESIDENTS SUGGEST
WAYS IN WHICH THE
TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT
CAN CHANGE THIS
HECTIC TRAFFIC?

From Left :Mahlatsi Sekhaolelo, Daveyton Mall ‘Mascot’
and Daveyton Mall Marketing Manager Lunga Mahlangu
“I hope that we will be able
By: Jabulani Skhosana
to do more for these kids in
Kids living in Daveyton had December. Mahlangu said
fun holidays at the Daveyton there are a large number of
mall recently and Vutha News kids always wanting to join
was graced with the invite to them every year. “We are albe part of this memorable ways hoping to help out as
event.
All disadvantaged many kids as possible. She
kids around Daveyton were also said most of these kids
called together by the Davey- come from disadvantaged
ton Mall management to have families and they come here
fun, get toys and cooked for. for food and entertainment
This initiative happens annu- and Mahlangu prides herself
ally during June and Decem- that Daveyton mall has never
ber school holidays. “Disney failed to cater. One of the loworld” was the theme of this cal organasation in Daveyton
year’s fun holiday and all kids Collision entertainment was t
who attended played Disney also there to assist with face
correctors games and they panting of the kids. Mahlatse
all went home with Disney Sekhaolelo who was recently
toys. Daveyton Mall’s mascot signed as the Face of Colliwas present during the day sion Entertainments said she
to entertain the kids with his enjoyed the chance she got to
dance. The marketing man- play with the little ones faces.
ager of Daveyton Mall Lunga “I am so happy to see a smile
Mahlangu said she is passion- on these young ones faces
ate about working with kids. after painting their faces.

LEBOGANG MALATJIE
“I personally think other
roads leading to Daveyton need to be utilized or a
new entrance /exit must be
opened. We are always late
whether we live home early.”

The daily Traffic that frustrates Daveyton residents.
By: Xoliswa Mbata
The daily travel in Johannesburg is ranked one of the
world’s worst, with more than
half of road users reporting increased stress levels this year,
an IBM study reveals. Daveyton in Esihlahleni is one such
place were commuters driving
to work or school spend much
time on the road. During rush
hours from 06H30-09H00 in
the morning and again in the
afternoon from 15H00 until 19H30, the traffic is hectic and intense if there is no
traffic officer. Some of Vutha
public transport users say this

is a huge challenge for them
because it causes late arrivals
at their workplace and even
at school. It has been said
that traffic during rush hour
causes unnecessary accidents
in the township especially in
the Main entrance of Daveyton (Heald Street). NhlanhlaMathebula, a local driver says
the problem is not the mode
of transport but the road itself.
“Our roads are not in good
condition. Since 2009 our
roads have been restructured
and fixed but other sections
and townships are still not in
good standard. I travel from
Daveyton to springs every

day and it affects me heavily.
Every morning when I think
of the traffic that occurs in
Sesifikile Mall and Esihlaleni
Daveyton entrance it makes
my head spin.” Abraham
Mokoena, a Taxi driver from
Daveyton to Benoni says two
ways lane can make traffic
go away. He thinks that traffic light won’t change this
condition but a two ways
lane road will make space
and traffic will decrease. “I
think extended roads between
Sigalo and Heald Street
will be agreat solution. Our
roads must be enlarged.”

TINYIKO NDLOVU
“Our roads are not in good
condition for starters, and
we can’t change the fact
that most accidents occur
in such areas where roads
are not in good condition.
The department must focus
on restructuring our roads.

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FREE WAYS HAVE BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION BEFORE
THE 2010 WORLD CUP, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE
PROLONGED PROCESSES?

Olwethu Mnxaibi:

Gift:

Charity Mdaka:

Sibusiso Zwane:

Mbali Khumalo:

Wiseman Mthembu:

It has been four years
now and I see no progress. They were supposed to be done by now.

I don’t think they will finish
any time soon. One minute they do the gilloly’s
road, one moment they do
Benoni snake road. Why
can’t they do one place
and finish, do another
one and finish it as well.

I was happy but now my
mood has changed. I am
angry and disappointed.
It’s been five years now.
I’ll be happy if they can
finish it off this year.

N12 is one of the busiest road it will take
time to finish the work
we need to be patient.

We really needed our
roads to get constructed.
I think the delayed process comes from mismanagement
because
by now, everything was
expected to be done.

I like the fact that our
roads are getting extended, but the process
is too long and the traffic during rush hours is
caused by this. It is very
bad and other people lose
their jobs because of this.

Coal burning
affects Vutha
especially in winter
Naphtali Ratshitanga
Coal burning is a common
factor that South African
townships use to keep warmth
throughout the winter. A pattern that has been used and
passed on from generationto-generation. The wrong
doing of coal burning are
subsequently relative to Air
pollution, which is the most
common type of pollution
and very dangerous. Smoke in
general, is made up of chemicals and fossils that when
burnt out, these becomes dangerous not just to pollution
and people health, these has
got potential to affect aspects
as climate change, change in
the oxygen we breathing as
well. The change in the oxygen not only affects human
lives, but other species as animals and trees. As one walks
into the townships at the early
hours of sunset, a dark cloud
covers the atmosphere, for
drivers it becomes hard for
them to manoeuvre though
their head lights are on. For
residents these leaves long
term side effects were health
is concerned. Mkhalazenke
is one of the areas that used a
massive supply of coal burning. In the past years, it had
been found to be difficult to

live within the area due to the
smoke inhalation that was endured. James Ndalo, one of
the residents, acknowledges
that the recent electrical supply in the area has lead to a
decrease of coal stoves in the
area. Though there is electricity supply, a majority still find
it hard to adapt to electricity
as the coupons are relatively
inexpensive. DR Modiba, attests the fact that inhalation
of coal burning smoke, becomes harmful to the body
which thus lead to a variety
of disease as Asthma. It is
also proven that constant
inhalation may also lead to
facts as disturbance in once
mental capacity, thus leading
to issues as confusion, fainting and might place one in a
comma as well. Symptoms
that one can look in relation
to them being affected by disease that may arise from coal
burning might be in line with
lack of breath, headaches,
and itchy red eyes. Before
one can consult a doctor, it is
advised that they check themselves from home to see if
they do have the symptoms.
If one has suspicion that they
are affected to a stage were
the problem has escalated,

it is best to consult with a
health practitioner. For any
information people can consult DR M.D Modiba in
his doctor’s offices in corner Eisleen and Gumede.

Etwatwa Customer care centre now
opened
This as the new state-of-theart Ekurhuleni Metropolitan
Municipality Etwatwa Customer Care Centre (CCC)
opens its doors to address
service delivery needs of residents at close proximity to the
community. The multi-million rand service centre is one
of the 20 municipal Customer
Care Centres in the region – a
concept unique to the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality – which offer the citizens
customer convenience and

a one-stop-service at one’s
doorstep .“The customer care
centre concept is based on our
residents’ needs and our constitutional mandate to ensure
that they receive the quality
service that they deserve at
all of our centres,” said the
Metro’s spokesperson, Sam
Modiba. The Customer Relations Management services
offered at the Etwatwa CCC
include: Public Participation/
Ward committee Support,
Registration of Indigents,
Health Inspectors’ services,
Availability of Community

Development Workers, Payment of municipal services,
Building Control (Plans
submission), City Planning
(Land use enquiries), Licencing (Renewals), EMM social
workers’ services and etc. The
centre will operate between
08:00 to 16:30 daily from
Monday to Friday. Modiba
urged residents to take care
of this facility and recognise
it as an asset built for their
convenience saying: “The
centre must be cherished,
well-kept and maintained
by all users at all times.”

Daveyton station taxi rank officially opened

Friday 27 JULY 2012

How many times have we
heard people say that they
have been in and out of the
system so often that one more
time won’t matter? This always makes me sad. People
shouldn’t just assume that
because they’ve spent time
in jail, that they aren’t worth
more than going back. People
mess up. They make mistakes.
This is especially common
in youth. People, especially
young people, make dumb
choices that sometimes result
in jail. That doesn’t mean that
they should give up on themselves. People can change.
They can learn. Pictured
aside are the Ex-convicts
of armed robbery, Murder,
Rape, position of unlicensed
fire arm, hijacking and a few
other things. After spending
many years in prison, they
learned that they wanted
out, and never wanted to go
back. Now, at their late 30’s
and early 40’s, they are out
and never went back to jail.
By: Naphtali Ratshitanga
As the marathon draws to
an end, Learners, educators
and parents share the common goal of reaching the finish line. Though it has been
weary and tiring, hard work
that took approximately six
months to complete, these
students finally get to eat the
fruits of their hard labour. Lesiba Secondary school under
management of renowned,
Mrs H.R Mathathe, has by far
enjoyed tremendous amount
of joy in been the cream of
the pack. In the past years it
has been the key leader in producing good results within the
pent of schools within its district, Mrs Mathathe confirm
the fact that it takes a trio for
good results to be achieved,
the learner, the parent and the
school. Although seasons get
dark along the way, learners
challenge patterns turn to differ as each comes from different background. To develop
the student stretches as far
as giving them educational
support, Lesiba and Hulwazi
are key instrumental role
players in ensuring that the
This institution was formed
in 1981 by the wits council of
churches under the leadership
of Mrs Getrude Ntaka, who
had love of the community and
aim to protect and promote
human rights. This institution conducted a workshop at
mbikwa cindi hall to empower the community about the
bill of Rights, limitation and
responsibilities and services
rendered by our Daveyton
magistrate court. This event
was funded by foundation
for human Rights and was attended by remarkable people
and amongst others were Ms
Nokuthula Ntshangase from
the department of justice and

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From left: Eugene Bheki Dladla AKA ‘Rover’, Jerry Mokoena and Donald ‘Madona’ Mohlala AKA (Mokoni).
They have turned their lives These are amongst others while they were in prison. sation goal is to develop
around after a few dumb members of Ama-Africa The Organisation has 12 people for the people. “We
choices and they are teaching Youth and Community of members. Seven (7) of them want to see the youth being
and sharing to other young- South Africa (AFRIYOCO- are out and only five (5) are developed. We don’t want
sters about their experiences. MOSA) which they started still in prison. The organi to see young people ending

Prelim exam preparations
learner’s emotional aspects
are reached as well. The likes
of feeding schemes that are
within the schools, ensures

want just an ear, also helps
develop the learners learning
capabilities. Zandile Mabizela likes the fact that the

cutting down of some of the
house duties during the exam
period can help the learner,
providing a quiet studying

the channels that schools are
getting support to ensure that
their learners are ready for
the upcoming exams. These

developing of the learner is
essential in producing good
results. It is also suggested
that from the parental side,

environment also contribute
to the learners well being.
The SIP (school improvement programme) is one of

programme assists these
learners by means of providing extra lessons, these are
mainly done after classes

Hulwazi matric learners.
that the learners do not study
on an empty stomach. The
aspect of availability of
educators to learners, who

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up like us we are trying by
means to make the youth
of Ekurhuleni change their
minds,” said the organisation
co-ordinator Jerry Mokoena.
They are currently going
around the schools of Benoni,
Wattville and Daveyton to
motivate school kids not to
engage in any crime scenes.
The only challenge they have
is money. “We travel from
our homes to schools and we
are shot of money because we
are all not working. We also
need computers and printers
to type and print our proposals and letters. We normally
use the internet café and it
is costly for us, Jerry said.”
They are appealing to the
community, business owners and anyone who might
have interest in what they
do and willing to donate
to contact Donald Mohlala
on 0767900238 or Jerry
Mokoena on 0728628876.

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and weekends, learners get to
interact with educators were
they do not understand, particularly within the maths and
sciences. The initiative is supported by the Gauteng department of education and private
sectors. The SIP has assisted
learners as Tshepo Mashego
and Koketso Machete from
Hulwazi Secondary School,
whilst Mr Mkhombo, Hulwazi’s Principal also confirm
that it has helped much of
his learners in understanding most of what was taught.
Ayanda Mkwanazi a student
from Lesiba, has enjoyed the
same benefits of the SIP and
confidently says she and her
fellow matric classmates are
ready for the exams. The African proverb, it takes a village
to raise a child now gets tested
the community of Daveyton
now joins hands in the securing the future of matriculants
within the society. The term
school gets to be overlooked
as these learners shall not be
distinguished by the uniform
they wear nor the school they
attend, but by the end result
they strived dearly for, the
blood, the sweat and the tears.
former PR CLR Wilson
Mathebula and Ms Lulama Radebe from Thuso ya
Sechaba spoke about restorative justice, environment in
prison. How inmates are being empowered through skills
development and education,
she emphasised that offenders
are being corrected through
reintegrated programmes and
gangsters is still a challenge
in most prisons. She told the
community not to discriminate the ex-convict but they
should accept them back in
the society if they show remorse for their actions and
should be absorbed in local economic development.

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Scene Around

Etwatwa residents celebrating Mandela Day
in style.

Project director:
Lindi hlonhwane

Freedom day students from
Thembelihle primary school

Precious Ndlovu student from
Thembelihle primary school

67 minutes pledge for TATA Mandela!!
By: Xoliswa Mbata
FAR-EAST RAND HOSPITAL
together
with
EKURHULENI EAST COLLEGES, hosted a very special
67 minutes pledge campaign
that was held at FAR-EAST
RAND HOSPITAL on Mandela’s day. This campaign was
made possible by both parties
with their long term relationship. The hospital managing team thanks the EEC for
pledging their time on this
day and always being there
to do community work at the
hospital. Deputy Principal for
academy Dr Groenwaart en

couraged the learnerss to do
community service during
their school holidays “He said
this campaign should not end

here and the relationship between the two parties must
continue feather more. Dr
Victor Elam gave wise words

Madiba Day Extravaganza

to the learners about how
important it is to share and
do things out of love and
heart, he emphasised that

67
minutes
of
mandela
day
Sandisiwe Madotyeni

By: Refiloe Manaso
The Madiba magic is an annual event celebrated to honour Tata Nelson Rolihlahla
Mandela’s birthday. The
event was aimed at making a
difference in the lives of others. It involved organisations
such as Rashuma Droping
centre, Mfumo Networking
solutions, 24/7 Motor Biking. The Madiba Magic held
at Tshepo Themba Centre
in Etwatwa East gathered
people and spend the better
part of the day with Orphans,

vulnerable children and Poor
families. Mapule Mdau, the
Organizer of Rashuma Dropping Centre said they provide
nutrition and home visit for
the poor families and Orphans. Glen Mabunda, the
MD of Mfumo Networking
solutions said “this day reminded him of HumanityUbuntu.” He said the purpose
of celebrating this day is to
help people who are in need
and this can only happen
when they give to the needy
because ‘umuntu wu muntu
nga bantu’ meaning ‘a person

is a person because of others’”. Orphans, venerable
children and poor families
were spoiled on Mandela day.
They were served with food,
drinks and some wrapped
gifts. “We wanted to show
these people that we love and
appreciate them,” Mdau said.
The programme director,
Nico Sibanyoni said that he
was pleased with the smooth
running of the programme.
He said seeing all the children smiling & been content
brought a smile on his face.

being on the event and pledging his time it’s not their
will but God’s will. People
came in numbers to support

this campaign. Maponya
911, Lectures and students
from five branches of EEC
and Far-East Rand Hospital
staff members the likes of
Dr Modisane, Dr Mtshali, Dr
Buda and CEO Dr Mogalabe
painted the hospital passage,
kitchen and cleaned the yard.
Kasi ground music gave extravagance performance, later
the Doctor’s and Lectures visited the newly born babies that
were born on Mandela day
and gave them food parcel.

Many people from Chris
Hani extension 3 received
much needed goods on Mandela day. This happened after Pastor Nomathamsanqa
Krweqane of Methodist
church who also working for
Umhlobo wenene fm visited
the township to contribsute
her 67 minutes. She spent her
67 minutes at three different
houses. She was accompanied by two church members,
Pastor Zukiswa Ndaku and
Fundiswa Pasimeni. They
were touched by the situation of Adam Momakwe who

is living in a house with no
food and electricity. Adam received toiletries and his house
was also cleaned up. On the
other side, Merriam received
a wheelchair which was used
by Nomathamsanqa’s late
mother. Merriam is suffering
as she can barely move from
her bed. Nomathamsanqa
took the opportunity to spread
the message of Ubuntu. She
said people must not suffer
whilst there are people living
around them. She advised that
we help each other. “Helping
someone is not about taking money from your own
pocket. It is about asking for

donations from other people
and asking for useful things
they can use like money,
food and clothes. I wish this
will not end today but be a
continuation even if it’s not
Mandela day. People must always give something to those
who don’t have”, she said.
Fundiswa Pasimeni spoke
for everyone. She said she is
happy this happened. “Thank
God he answered our prayers.
It was our dream to help but
not knowing how.” Families that were visited were
also treated with free lunch.
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VUTHUMLILO
FIRING
DAVEYTON

Friday 27 JULY 2012

R1

Spain lost to
Wonders FC

Back row: Mandla Mosang, Manqoba, Ntombizodwa Mazibuko, Kabelo Khutsoane and
Godfrey Moseki. Front row: Fredy ‘Small’ Mabena and Themba Skosana.
Vuthumlilo FC is a new football club in Daveyton. Their
aim is to develop young boys
and girls of Daveyton and
make them stay away from
alcohol and drug abuse. Pictured above is the newly
elected Team Committee.
Ntombizodwa
Mazibuko,
the co-ordinator of the team
said she is very excited to be
elected as the only woman in

the committee. “Most women
are not interested in sportsespecially soccer but I have
since been interested in sports
when I was a child”. She said
she is looking forward to coordinate all the club’s games
and tournaments. Ezekiel
Mosana, the founder of the
club said he wants to see
the talent in Daveyton being
discovered. “Jabu Mahlangu

formally known as Jabu Pule
should not be the last football player from Daveyton,
youngsters must also be discovered”. The Club has been
in existence for 6 months. It
was started this year January
and they are in need of funds.
Anyone with interest of helping the team grow and donate,
you can call Ntombizodwa
Mazibuko on 072892 5744.

started playing with ABSA
FC and the score was equal.
It later played with Wonder
Stars and it lost the game

during the penalties. Wonder stars won 5-4 to Spain.

to be tough and not to take
things for granted.” “I run the
100m and 200m tracks. My
fastest laps were 10:32 on
the 100m track at the South
African championships in
2009, where I won the bronze
medal, and on the 200m track

with 20:64 in 2008 at South
African Student Championships, where I won the silver medal,” proudly says
Nkoane. He has run at major events across the world
and the all Africa Games.
Nkoane’s greatest ambition

for 2012 is to compete in the
in the London Olympics as an
individual athlete. He counts
his grandmother, his former
coach and his parents among
the people who inspire him
and have had an influence in
his life. Lehlohonolo is cur-

rently studying and training
at the University of Tshwane.
He is a true example to all
the peeps from Vutha that
anything is possible if you
work hard and stay dedicated.

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DAVEYTON
ATHLETE
STAR
Lehlohonolo Nkoane, who is
taking the world by storm on
the athletics track and hoisting the South African flag
high, is a 23 year old athlete
who grew up in a small township in Wattville and later
relocated to Daveyton. He

started running when he was
a little boy with his friends in
the streets. “Back then I never used to take it seriously. I
was just having fun with my
friends like other kids,” says
Nkoane. “Life wasn’t always
easy for me, but it taught me